Dual Task Testing of the Adaptive Combination View in Spatial Reorientation

If an organism is trained to approach a location within an enclosure the organism will approach the correct location and it’s geometrically identical location within the environment upon removal of any features. This phenomenon has been turned spatial reorientation, and further studies on how, and to what, organisms reorient have conducted in the last several decades. In the reorientation literature, two theories have surfaced to fill the void left by the rejection of the initial reorientation theory, the Geometric Module theory. I attempt look to discern if the synonym judgement dual task will hinder reorientation in a similar or different fashion than the standard shadowing tasks used. Participants were assigned to a control or dual task condition, in which both groups performed a reorientation task. While performing the reorientation task, the dual task condition was presented with a series of word pairs in which they indicated if the pair of words were synonymous or not. The test indicates Language as a Bridge theory and The Adaptive Combination View may operate via different mechanisms under Baddley’s Working Memory Model. I surmise that the Adaptive Combination View utilizes attentional resources of the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad while the Language as a Bridge theory utilizes conscious processing in the episodic buffer and central executive

Solution-Based Synthesis of Nitride Fuels

The preliminary studies into the synthesis of actinide nitride fuels through a low temperature, liquid ammonia based synthesis route have been conducted on the uranium containing system, and there is good indication for the success of synthesizing uranium (III) nitride. The dissolution of iodine in ammonia is a rapid process, resulting in a pale green solution, which does not result in any observable oxidation of iodine. The cannula transfer of dissolved iodine into the reaction vessel containing U metal has been conducted with little to no residual iodine remaining in the original flask. The metal being used for these reactions has a noticeable brown/black oxide coating that prevents the formation of UI3 (NH3)x. Stirring of U metal fragments with dissolved iodine in ammonia for 24 hours revealed a thickening of the oxide coating, which presumably is a result of O2 or H2O contamination in the solvent. Procedures for cleaning the metal prior to the reaction are under development. Two measures are being taken in order to use the most purified solvent possible; the highest grade ammonia available is being obtained and several procedures are being developed to dry and deoxygenate the solvent. These actions should allow the reaction to proceed without formation of the boundary oxide layer between the two reactants

The life and novels of H. G. Wells

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of ArtsText from page i: "My plan for the discussion of the novels has been shaped largely by my conviction that in all of the novels the main interest, both to Wells and to the Reader, lies in the matter of theme. I have discussed the novels, therefore, in such a way as to make clear the nature of the themes, and to show how Wells has presented them. In doing the latter, I have considered some matters of construction and also, for certain of the novels, a much-used fantastic element. I have found that a number of the novels deal with general social interests, and that a number deal with specific problems; I have, therefore, discussed these two classes of novels in separate chapters."Includes bibliographical references (97-103

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